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Biggest Asteroid of 2021 to fly past Earth on March 21

There is often a danger of a huge asteroid colliding with the earth. Although scientists give its information well ahead of time. The latest danger in that list, in the year 2021, will fly pa, very large asteroid st our blue planet. A large asteroid will be passing close to the earth. If the asteroids pass close to the earth, there is nothing new but the movement of the asteroid which is reported on March 21 will be monitored by space agencies all over the world.

This asteroid is named 231937 (2001 FO32). Which is going to be the biggest asteroid of 2021. According to the US space agency NASA, it is about 1024 meters wide. Although there will be no significant threat to the earth, but still it has been kept in the category of dangerous asteroid.

This asteroid is growing at a speed of 34.4 kilometers per hour in the 2001 FO32 solar system. According to NASA, the 2001 FO32 will pass 5.3 Lunar Distance (LD) i.e. about 2 million kilometers away from the Earth on 21 March. However, this does not directly mean that there is any danger from it. Actually dangerous category of asteroids are expected to hit the earth in the near future, but it will not be so soon.

If you also want to see this asteroid, then you will need a telescope with a much larger diameter. With its help, you can see the sight of this astronomical event between 8 am and 8:30 am. Significantly, this asteroid named 2001 FO32 was discovered on 23 March 2001. This asteroid was classified by the Apollo Asteroid Group by NASA.

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